Patents by Inventor Min Suk Ki

Min Suk Ki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250128795
    Abstract: The present invention includes a plurality of legs arranged in a spaced-apart manner; and a connecting bar connected to each pair of legs; further including a cover member arranged to partially wrap around an outer surface of at least one of the legs, wherein when towing is performed at sea, a flow of seawater is guided to an outer side of the leg through contact with the cover member, suppressing the flow of seawater between each pair of legs and thereby reducing resistance caused by the seawater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Byoung Jae PARK, Kang Su LEE, Byoung Wan KIM, Min Suk KI
  • Publication number: 20230115884
    Abstract: A floating body to which an aquatic or marine facility is installed or which is connected to a lower part of the aquatic or marine facility to hold the aquatic or marine facility on water or the sea is proposed. The floating body may include a main floating body which floats on water or the sea by using buoyancy, and a magnet provided on a first vertical side of the main floating body. The floating body may also include a coupling member provided on an opposite vertical side of the main floating body by corresponding to a magnet of another floating body such that the coupling member is coupled thereto, and a mooring line installed on a part of the main floating body to moor and hold the main floating body on water or the sea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kang Su LEE, Byoung Jae PARK, Byoung Wan KIM, Min Suk KI, Hyun Suk KIM, Hyun Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 10836456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for passively preventing a marine floating body from twisting during mooring by controlling tension in ropes connected to the marine floating body within a predetermined allowable limit. The apparatus includes: a floating main body connected to the ropes, fixed on the sea, and providing a space for marine work; winches disposed on the floating main body and retracting or releasing the ropes fixing the floating main body; fairleads disposed on portions of the floating main body and guiding the ropes to the winches through themselves; and braking units disposed on portions of the floating main body at a predetermined distance from the fairleads, with the ropes passing through the fairleads and themselves, and controlling a speed of the ropes that are retracted to the winches at a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Kang Su Lee, Byoung Jae Park, Min Suk Ki, Hyun Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20190337595
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for passively preventing a marine floating body from twisting during mooring by controlling tension in ropes connected to the marine floating body within a predetermined allowable limit. The apparatus includes: a floating main body connected to the ropes, fixed on the sea, and providing a space for marine work; winches disposed on the floating main body and retracting or releasing the ropes fixing the floating main body; fairleads disposed on portions of the floating main body and guiding the ropes to the winches through themselves; and braking units disposed on portions of the floating main body at a predetermined distance from the fairleads, with the ropes passing through the fairleads and themselves, and controlling a speed of the ropes that are retracted to the winches at a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Kang Su LEE, Byoung Jae PARK, Min Suk KI, Hyun Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 10246166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present disclosure provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system, enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off (BOG) gas treatment, includes: a refrigerator for inhibiting the generation of boil-off gas which naturally generates in a natural gas hydrate tank container during transportation; and a solar cell, a battery, and a generator, which operates by means of the boil-off gas, for supplying electric power to the refrigerator, thereby ensuring a generation capacity sufficient to operate the refrigerator by means of the solar cell, the generator, and the battery, and thus always maintaining a stable phase equilibrium (self-preservation) in the natural gas hydrate tank container even during long-distance transportation and solving problems of fire, environmental pollution, or the like which occur when the boil-off gas (BOG) is discharged to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hee Jin Kang, Myung Soo Shin, Min Suk Ki
  • Publication number: 20180009511
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present disclosure provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system, enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off (BOG) gas treatment, includes: a refrigerator for inhibiting the generation of boil-off gas which naturally generates in a natural gas hydrate tank container during transportation; and a solar cell, a battery, and a generator, which operates by means of the boil-off gas, for supplying electric power to the refrigerator, thereby ensuring a generation capacity sufficient to operate the refrigerator by means of the solar cell, the generator, and the battery, and thus always maintaining a stable phase equilibrium (self-preservation) in the natural gas hydrate tank container even during long-distance transportation and solving problems of fire, environmental pollution, or the like which occur when the boil-off gas (BOG) is discharged to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hee Jin Kang, Myung Soo Shin, Min Suk Ki